Anti-Chinese Rhetoric Employed by Perpetrators of Anti-Asian Hate

October 2020
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10/11/20 – Of 2,583 incidents reported to Stop AAPI Hate (between March 19 and August 5, 2020), 789 (30.5%) included mentions of anti-Chinese rhetoric. The types of language and terms employed by perpetrators could be categorized into five major themes:

  • Virulent animosity
  • Scapegoating of China
  • Anti-immigrant nativism
  • Racist characterizations of Chinese
  • Racial slurs

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